Montana Road Trip 2013, Chapter One

Nothing like being 10,000 months behind on this post!! It’s hard to believe that our third trip to Montana was so long ago! It seems like just yesterday in so many ways, but it was thirteen whole years ago!! I wish I could slow time down sometimes. But here we go again; it was another road trip of a lifetime. I have no idea how long it’s going to take me to get the whole journey down… poco a poco for sure. Because you know, life…

We started out at mile zero on September 19th. We wanted to leave as late as possible to see all the fall foliage on our trip, but early enough so that we could go on a very special highway in Montana before it closed for the winter.

Imua!
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Long-Haul Truckers repost

I thought I’d repost this one since I am working on another road trip post. I first posted it in 2011…so long ago. it’s my tribute to long-haul truckers.

Long Haul Truckers

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Now I Wanna Know…

…hakum May is now almost already over!! Just a couple of days ago April was pau. And now try look! Sheesh.

Mourning Doves in the fountain.

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Da Kine – May, 2026

Yet another variation of my name. Again, first there was this. Then there was this. And recently, there was this. I got a call from someone who called me Makichonda. Sigh.

On the bright side, spring has sprung. This is our entryway.

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And Just Lidat, April is Pau

This rooster was strolling by across the highway as we waited for our food deliveries to arrive. He was totally unconcerned about all the traffic rushing by.

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Trying to Catch Up…April

Well, it’s been a minute, hasn’t it? A family member has has some pretty serious stuff going on, so my mind has been elsewhere. After over a month in the hospital and with some long-term healing needing to happen, he’s finally home and my mind is relieved a bit. So here I am.

We’ve had some pretty spectacular sunsets this month.

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Springtime Lambs

I took this video years ago and thought it’d be fun to revisit it now, since lambing season is here again. Enjoy!

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Holoholo Kaʻa to Trout Lake 2023 – Chapter Five and Pau.

We left the Wildlife Refuge and headed back along Trout Lake Road, ooh-ing and ahh-ing at the lovely larches. I thought we’d taken videos of driving along the road, but I guess we didn’t. Cuz I can’t find them!

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Holoholo Kaʻa to Trout Lake 2023 – Chapter Four

After we parked the car, we saw this cool log cabin in the distance:

Whitcomb Cabin
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Holoholo Kaʻa to Trout Lake 2023 – Chapter Three

Barn!! And a silo, too. We’re heading south on Highway 141, back the way we’d come

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